How Kafka-esque is Kafka?
The Czech writer has become the prophet of our absurd era, but a new book intends to strip the author of his saintly reputation.
Friday, Aug 1, 2008 11:00 AM UTC 15Entertainment Nonfiction, Books
Louis Bayard
Entertainment Nonfiction, Books
“Brideshead Revisited”
No expense has been spared in this lavish, streamlined adaptation, but is there such a thing as too much good taste?
Friday, Jul 25, 2008 11:00 AM UTC 15Entertainment Movies
How to read the James Wood way
The fiercely talented critic takes us on an illuminating tour of fiction -- but there's a hole in his plot.
Tuesday, Jul 22, 2008 10:40 AM UTC 26Entertainment Fiction, Books
Answering terror with terror
In "The Dark Side," Jane Mayer chronicles the terrible, destructive decisions the Bush administration made in the name of fighting terrorism.
Tuesday, Jul 15, 2008 11:03 AM UTC 83Entertainment George W. Bush, Terrorism
Jesus loves you — and your orgasm
The religious right is celebrating sex to stroke its conservative message. Liberals better rise to a secular defense soon.
Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008 11:06 AM UTC 109Entertainment Teenagers, Sex, Nonfiction
Gore Vidal’s inconvenient truths
"The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal" reminds us that this combative political provocateur is also one of our finest literary critics.
Monday, Jun 23, 2008 10:40 AM UTC 79Entertainment Atheism, Nonfiction, Books
Kiss my ass
For years America has desperately tried to outlaw sodomy and other sex acts like fellatio and cunnilingus. What are we so scared of?
Thursday, Jun 12, 2008 11:00 AM UTC 132Entertainment Gay Marriage, Sex, Nonfiction, LGBT
Are you too dumb to vote?
Sure, ignorance is rampant among the American electorate, as Rick Shenkman argues. But without The People, there would be no Democracy as we know it.
Thursday, Jun 5, 2008 10:32 AM UTC 126Entertainment 2008 Elections, Populism, Books
Scott McClellan comes clean
Of course the White House couldn't see the revealing "What Happened" coming. It was McClellan's job as press secretary to conceal himself.
Friday, May 30, 2008 10:37 AM UTC 58All Salon George W. Bush
Summer reads
Killer thrillers: From an art-world conspiracy to a campus murder to the gripping tale of a missing child, these recommendations will add suspense to your beach book list.
Monday, May 26, 2008 11:31 AM UTC 26Entertainment Summer reading, Laura Miller
Finale wrap-up: “American Idol”
America finally gets it right, and the best man wins!
Thursday, May 22, 2008 1:00 PM UTC 60Entertainment American Idol, Television
Who killed the literary critic?
In the age of blogging, great critics appear to be on life support. Salon's book reviewers discuss snobbery, how to make criticism fun and the need for cultural gatekeepers.
Thursday, May 22, 2008 11:00 AM UTC 43Entertainment Laura Miller, Books
Gay marriage, so what?
Maybe I should be more grateful, but the California Supreme Court hasn't told me anything I don't already know.
Friday, May 16, 2008 11:11 AM UTC 52Life California, Gay Marriage, LGBT
Why Ronald Reagan didn’t completely suck
In "The Age of Reagan," liberal historian Sean Wilentz reckons with the enormous, ongoing influence of the teflon president.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:11 AM UTC 211Entertainment George W. Bush
Is everything we know about American history wrong?
Forget the Pilgrims. America's roots are older and more twisted, what Tony Horwitz calls a "primordial slime of false starts and mutations."
Friday, May 9, 2008 10:43 AM UTC 79Entertainment Native Americans
Legal appeal
Long before there was "Law and Order," a TV criminal defense attorney named Perry Mason brought high courtroom drama to the masses.
Tuesday, Apr 29, 2008 11:00 AM UTC 27Entertainment Re-viewed, Television
Flagging America’s racial divide
An infamous 1976 photo captured a violent encounter between white Bostonians and a black lawyer during an anti-busing rally. A new book explains why this image continues to haunt and define us.
Monday, Apr 28, 2008 10:43 AM UTC 35Entertainment Race, Nonfiction, Books
The witty detective
Karen Joy Fowler's follow-up to bestseller "The Jane Austen Book Club" is a detective novel about a mystery writer whose tales come back to haunt her.
Friday, Apr 18, 2008 10:26 AM UTCEntertainment Fiction, Mysteries, Books
Can Stephen Colbert save America?
A new book argues that Colbert, Jon Stewart and Bill Maher are good for democracy. But is it taking late-night comedy too seriously?
Saturday, Apr 5, 2008 11:30 AM UTC 118Entertainment Jay Leno, Nonfiction, Books
Seduced by the Dalai Lama
He may be a global icon of goodness, as Pico Iyer's biography reminds us. But is the Dalai Lama the political leader Tibet needs?
Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008 11:57 AM UTC 91Entertainment China, Religion, Nonfiction, Books
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Louis Bayard is a novelist and reviewer. His books include "Mr. Timothy" and "The Black Tower."
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